As part of his culminating field service project, Benjamin Croner from the University of Arkansas Clinton School of Public Service will work to reconnect the Arkansas Governor’s School (AGS) with alumni of the program.Croner, of Potomac, Md., will be collecting updated contact details from alumni, as well as education and employment information. The results of the project will allow AGS staff to better communicate with alumni and inform others about alumni achievements.
Initiated by then-Governor Bill Clinton with support from the Arkansas Legislature, AGS has had over 13,000 Arkansas students participate in the program. The curriculum is based on the National Conference of Governor’s Schools (NCoGS) model that has been in place since 1963 in North Carolina and since 1980 in Arkansas. Nationally, Governor’s School programs exist in more than twenty states.
“I am excited about the opportunity for Arkansas Governor’s School and the Clinton School of Public Service to work together on this project,” said Lyle Rupert, Director of AGS. “Although we hear a lot of anecdotal evidence of the long-lasting benefit of AGS from various alumni… [the study] should provide more substantial evidence of how AGS has developed the youth of Arkansas into community, state, and national leaders.”
AGS alumni are encouraged to take part in the project and can request an alumni survey by emailing AGSAlumniProject@hendrix.edu or calling the office at (501) 450-1279.
About the Arkansas Governor’s School
The Arkansas Governor’s School is a six-week summer residential program for gifted and talented students who are upcoming high school seniors and residents of the state of Arkansas. State funds provide tuition, room, board, and instructional materials for each student who attends the six-week program on the site of a residential college campus leased by the State.More information about Arkansas Governor’s School is available at https://www.hendrix.edu/ags/
More information about the National Conference of Governor’s Schools is available at http://www.ncogs.org/
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